Elijah said to Ahab, 'Go back now, eat
and drink; for I hear the approaching sound of rain.' While Ahab
went back to eat and drink,
Elijah climbed to the top of
Carmel and bowed down to the
ground, putting his face between his knees. 'Now go up', he told his
servant, 'and look out to sea.' He went up and looked. 'There is
nothing at all,' he said. Seven times
Elijah told him to go back. The
seventh time, the servant said, 'Now there is a cloud, small as a
man's hand, rising from the sea.'
Elijah said, 'Go and say to Ahab,
"Harness the chariot and go down before the rain stops you." ' And
with that the sky grew dark with cloud and storm, and rain fell in
torrents. Ahab mounted his chariot and made for Jezreel. But the
hand of
Yahweh had come on
Elijah and, hitching up his
clothes, he ran ahead of Ahab all the way to Jezreel.

Matthew 5: 20-26

‘For I tell
you, if your uprightness does not surpass that of the scribes and
Pharisees, you will never get into the kingdom of Heaven.

‘You
have heard how it was said to our ancestors, You shall not kill;
and if anyone does kill he must answer for it before the court. But
I say this to you, anyone who is angry with a brother will answer
for it before the court; anyone who calls a brother "Fool" will
answer for it before the Sanhedrin; and anyone who calls him
"Traitor" will answer for it in hell fire. So then, if you are
bringing your offering to the altar and there remember that your
brother has something against you, leave your offering there before
the altar, go and be reconciled with your brother first, and then
come back and present your offering. Come to terms with your
opponent in good time while you are still on the way to the court
with him, or he may hand you over to the judge and the judge to the
officer, and you will be thrown into prison. In truth I tell you,
you will not get out till you have paid the last penny.

Sins we commit are really against us —

What have we done to offend God —
by not using His love and His grace
to return to God the love He
has showed to us

Help us to have love and compassion
to others —

How can we say we love God whom
we do not see when we don't
love our brothers who we see —

If we are unloving we are not like God —
When we wish harm to another we are
sinning — we can stop sinning —
we have a free will —
God gives us grace to do good if we
ask Him for it — we must cooperate
with the grace —
We operate through Him, with Him
in Him

When we are feeling hateful toward our
brothers it is wrong if we act on those feelings —

We can develop vices, habits of acting
in hateful ways of wishing harm
toward others and even punishing
them, provoking them — trying to anger
another for our own bitter and revengeful
heart — We have a choice to stop
sinning and acting hatefully

God tells us to love others and work with
others —
Example is the best teacher —
A parent, wishing well for their children —
should try to be pure in their actions —
being pure means — we want our
children to see how God wants
us to conduct ourselves likened to Him —

We are accountable before others —

A religious has a calling, especially from
God to show holiness to all others —
to be disciplined in controlling oneself
to be obedient, chaste, and live
according to God's will —

It is scandalous for a religious to dress
as a religious and to be provoking —
revengeful, disobedient and other
even more serious sins —

The sign of the religious clothing says:
I live for heaven —
I want to be a sign of goodness —
I am obedient, loving, chaste
and live without riches —
I live a life of prayer and serving
others for God's Kingdom —

When one engages in sin, hatefulness
toward their brothers and are
not accountable for it —

They become more and more blinded to
their sin and
their habits can be vices from
their actions —

Where one loves and is hopeful
walking in faith — practice
the virtues of faith, hope and
love and live virtuously —
habits of loving
where one engaging in sin — has habits of hating —

We are here to love

Here is the greatest commandment —

Matthew 22: 36-40

'Master, which is the greatest
commandment of the Law?' Jesus said to him, 'You must love the
Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with
all your mind. This is the greatest and the first commandment. The
second resembles it: You must love your neighbour as yourself.
On these two commandments hang the whole Law, and the Prophets too.'

To have virtuous living
to prepare us for loving for eternity —

The Sacred Heart —

is the Heart of pure and perfect love —

Our mission in the Shepherds of Christ is
to help bring this Reign of Sacred Heart,
triumph of Mary's Heart

December 17, 1991

His Burning Heart

R. I was alone
in All Saints Church after Mass and Communion, in front of the tabernacle,
when I saw the Sacred Heart. It was red around the outside, then a layer of
yellow and then the brightest light in the center. I felt heat and it looked
like an open furnace.

I thought about it all day and it instantly gave me peace
and warmth in my heart. This is the purpose of these letters—to
draw hearts to the ardent on-fire love of Jesus. I received the following
message that day:

"Open your heart to the fire of God's love. He is
ablaze in your heart. He wants to dwell in you and love you and others
through you. Love God, yourself and one another and experience the fire set
aglow in your heart and experience the warmth of His love."

end of writing

Mary appeared in Clearwater December 17, 1996
3 years later —

Jesus showed me His Heart December 17, 1991

Mary appeared at Clearwater December 17, 1996

The Two Hearts

Excerpt from the beginning of the October
13, 1996 Rosary

Jesus: I am calling you, My special apostles, to this farm on this
day of October 13th, 1996. I will fill your hearts with the fire of My love,
and the fire of this love will spread across the earth and many hearts will
know My love and be touched through you. Open wide your heart during this
rosary that I may speak to you and tell you of My burning love for you. I am
giving to you an abundant sharing in My life. Open your heart. I am knocking
at the door of your heart. You must not close your heart. Open wide that I can
come in and fill you with My divine love.

end of excerpt

October 13, 1994

The Birth of the Full Ministries
of the Shepherds of Christ

"I wish to share with you part of a message which
Jesus gave us on October 13, 1994. The message tells us about the expansion of
the Shepherds of Christ movement:

'My
beloved priest-companion, today I come to you with another mission. I am
asking you to establish Shepherds of Christ Ministries. At My request you have
already begun the priestly newsletter, "Shepherds of Christ", and
the prayer chapters, Shepherds of Christ Associates...

'I am
giving you this message on this day, the 77th Anniversary of the Great
Apparition at Fatima, because of the close connection between the Shepherds of
Christ movement and the Fatima message. The Fatima message is centered in
devotion to My Heart and My Mother's Heart, especially in consecration to Our
Hearts. Shepherds of Christ Ministries is also centered in devotion to Our
Hearts. I will use Shepherds of Christ Ministries as a great instrument in
helping to bring about the triumph of the Immaculate Heart and the reign of My
Sacred Heart. When this occurs, My Church and the world will be experiencing
the great era of peace promised by My Mother at Fatima.

'Today, then, October 13, 1994, the 77th Anniversary of the Great Apparition
at Fatima, marks the birth of Shepherds of Christ Ministries. I pour forth the
great love of My Sacred Heart to all. I am Jesus, Chief Shepherd of the
flock.'

"Jesus has told us that Shepherds of Christ
Ministries includes: the priestly newsletter, Shepherds of Christ,
Shepherds of Christ Associates prayer chapters, various publications,
including books, whatever else Our Lord directs us to undertake.

"As members of Shepherds of Christ Associates, you
are an extremely important part of Shepherds of Christ Ministries. You have
given great joy to the Heart of Jesus by responding to His invitation to
become members of Shepherds of Christ Associates. As He draws you closer to
His Heart and to His Mother's Heart as Associates members, He will fill you
with an ever-increasing experience of His love, peace, and joy."

In the sixth month the angel Gabriel
was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin
betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the House of David; and the
virgin’s name was Mary. He went in and said to her, ‘Rejoice, you
who enjoy God’s favour! The Lord is with you.’ She was deeply
disturbed by these words and asked herself what this greeting could
mean, but the angel said to her, ‘Mary, do not be afraid; you have
won God’s favour. Look! You are to conceive in your womb and bear a
son, and you must name him Jesus. He will be great and will be
called Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne
of his ancestor David; he will rule over the House of Jacob for ever
and his reign will have no end.’ Mary said to the angel, ‘But how
can this come about, since I have no knowledge of man?’ The angel
answered, ‘The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the
Most High will cover you with its shadow. And so the child will be
holy and will be called Son of God. And I tell you this too: your
cousin Elizabeth also, in her old age, has conceived a son, and she
whom people called barren is now in her sixth month, for nothing
is impossible to God.’ Mary said, ‘You see before you the Lord’s
servant, let it happen to me as you have said.’ And the angel left
her.

(3)
During the summer of 1916,
the angel again appeared to the three visionaries. He
said to them:

Pray! Pray a great deal. The
Hearts of Jesus and Mary have merciful designs on you. Offer
prayers and sacrifices continually to the Most High. Make
everything you do a sacrifice, and offer it as an act of
reparation for the sins by which God is offended, and as a
petition for the conversion of sinners. Bring peace to our
country in this way.... I am the Guardian Angel of Portugal
Accept and bear with submission all the sufferings the Lord will
send you.

(4)

4. Our Lady's Peace Plan,op cit.,
pp.1-2.

(4)
In the fall of the same
year, the angel visited the visionaries a final time:

The angel came...bearing a golden
chalice in one hand and a Host above it in the other. The amazed
children noticed that drops of blood were falling from the Host
into the chalice. Presently, the angel left both suspended in
mid-air and prostrated himself on the ground, saying this
beautiful prayer: "Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy
Spirit, I adore You profoundly. I offer You the most precious
Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ, present in all
tabernacles of the world, in reparation for the outrages,
sacrileges, and indifference by which He is offended. By the
infinite merits of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and [the
intercession of] the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I beg of Thee the
conversion of poor sinners."

(5)

Sr. Lucia relates how
the angel gave them Communion:

Then, rising, he took the chalice
and the Host in his hand. He gave the Sacred Host to me and
shared the Blood from the chalice between Jacinta and Francisco,
saying as he did so:

"Take and drink the Body and
Blood of Jesus Christ, horribly outraged by ungrateful men! Make
reparation for their crimes and console your God."

Now, the snake was the most subtle of all the wild animals
that Yahweh God had made. It asked the woman, 'Did God really say you were not
to eat from any of the trees in the garden?' The woman answered the snake, 'We
may eat the fruit of the trees in the garden. But of the fruit of the tree in
the middle of the garden God said, "You must not eat it, nor touch it,
under pain of death." ' Then the snake said to the woman, 'No! You will
not die! God knows in fact that the day you eat it your eyes will be opened
and you will be like gods, knowing good from evil.' The woman saw that the
tree was good to eat and pleasing to the eye, and that it was enticing for the
wisdom that it could give. So she took some of its fruit and ate it. She also
gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it. Then the eyes of
both of them were opened and they realised that they were naked. So they sewed
fig-leaves together to make themselves loin-cloths.

The man and his wife heard the sound of Yahweh God walking
in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from Yahweh God among the
trees of the garden. But Yahweh God called to the man. 'Where are you?' he
asked. 'I heard the sound of you in the garden,' he replied. 'I was afraid
because I was naked, so I hid.' 'Who told you that you were naked?' he asked.
'Have you been eating from the tree I forbade you to eat?' The man replied,
'It was the woman you put with me; she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I
ate it.' Then Yahweh God said to the woman, 'Why did you do that?' The woman
replied, 'The snake tempted me and I ate.'

Then Yahweh God said to the snake, 'Because you have done
this,

Accursed be you of all animals wild and tame! On your belly you will go and on dust you will feed as long as you live. I shall put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; it will bruise your head and you will strike its heel.'

To the woman he said:

I shall give you intense pain in childbearing, you will give birth to your children in pain. Your yearning will be for your husband, and he will dominate you.

To the man he said, 'Because you listened to the voice of
your wife and ate from the tree of which I had forbidden you to eat,

Accursed be the soil because of you! Painfully will you get your food from it as long as you live. It will yield you brambles and thistles, as you eat the produce of the land. By the sweat of your facewill you earn you food, until you return to the ground, as you were taken from it. For dust you are and to dust you shall return.

The man named his wife 'Eve' because she was the mother of
all those who live. Yahweh God made tunics of skins for the man and his wife
and clothed them. Then Yahweh God said, 'Now that the man has become like one
of us in knowing good from evil, he must not be allowed to reach out his hand
and pick from the tree of life too, and eat and live for ever!' So Yahweh God
expelled him from the garden of Eden, to till the soil from which he had been
taken. He banished the man, and in front of the garden of Eden he posted the
great winged creatures and the fiery flashing sword, to guard the way to the
tree of life.

The Father, in a perfect act of
self-expression, in a perfect act of knowing, generates his son. The
Son, the Word, is, then, the immanent expression of God's fullness,
the reflection of the Father. Likewise, from all eternity, the
Father and the Son bring forth the Holy Spirit in a perfect act of
loving.

The Christian life, then, is rooted in the great
event of the Incarnation. We must, consequently, always focus our
gaze upon Christ, realizing that everything the Father wishes to
tell us has been summed up in the life of Jesus of Nazareth. It only
remains for us, then, to fathom ever more deeply the inexhaustible
truth of the Word Incarnate: "In times past, God spoke in
fragmentary and varied ways to our fathers through the prophets; in
this, the final age, he has spoken to us through his Son, whom he
has made heir of all things and through whom he first created the
universe" (Heb 1:1-2).

What was the condition of man and his world at the time of
Christ's coming? In some ways, people were much the same as we are
today. There were those who were just being born into this world of
human drama; there were those who, in death, were leaving it, some
of whom had grasped but little of life's meaning. There were those
who were healthy and vigorous; there were those who were sick and
lame. Some especially felt the burdens, the grief, the suffering of
the human condition; others were ebullient and desired all the
pleasures that life could provide. There was some good being
accomplished: there was Rome, for example, with her genius for
government and architecture; there was Athens with her philosophers,
writers, sculptors, and artists. The moral condition of those times,
however, was at a very low ebb. What St. Paul tells us concerning
the time that immediately followed Christ's earthly existence
certainly could also be applied to the time of his entrance into the
world. It is, in short, an ugly picture that Paul depicts for us (Rm
1:22-32).

Into such a depraved condition of mankind Jesus
entered, with a full and generous heart, to lead man from the depths
of sinfulness to the vibrant richness of a new life in himself.
Through his enfleshment, this Christ had become the focal point of
all history. The authentic hopes and dreams of the human family, now
so deeply overshadowed by the ugliness of sin, came converging upon
this Christ. He would gather them up in himself, give them a new
luster and brilliance and dynamism, and would lead the human race
back to the Father in the Spirit.

Christ came, then, for a double purpose, or rather for a single
purpose that has two facets. He was radically to release us from the
dominion of sin and elevate us to a new level of existence. This
life that Christ has given us is not a type of superstructure that
is erected atop man's human existence. Although nature and grace are
distinct, they do not lie side by side as separate entities; rather,
grace permeates nature. The Christian is one graced person. In his
entirety he has been raised up, caught up, into a deeper form of
life in Christ Jesus. Nothing that is authentically human has been
excluded from this new existence. Whatever is really human in the
life of the Christian is meant to be an expression of the
Christ-life. The simple but deep joys of family life, the wonderment
at nature's beauty, the kiss that unites lovers, the warm embrace of
a mother for her child, the agony of crucial decision making, the
success or frustration that is experienced in one's work, the joy of
being well received by others, and the heartache of being
misunderstood—all these human experiences are intended to be caught
up in Christ and made more deeply human because of him. As Karl
Rahner has put it: "The basic and ultimate thrust of Christian life
consists not so much in the fact that a Christian is a special
instance of mankind in general, but rather in the fact that a
Christian is simply man as he is. But he is a person who accepts
without reservations the whole of concrete human life with all of
its adventures, its absurdities, and its incomprehensibilities" (Foundations
of Christian Faith, p. 402).

Christ has come, then, not to
destroy anything that is authentically human, but to perfect it by
leading it to a graced fulfillment. This is the meaning of the
Incarnation. The more God-like we become through Christ, the more
human we become.

As Christians, then, we live in Christ. We have
been incorporated into his life, into the mystery of Christ. The
mystery of Christ is the Christ event, that is, all the
happenings or events of Christ's life, death, and resurrection. We
may speak, consequently, not only of the total, unified mystery of
Christ, but also of the individual events or mysteries. Christ's
mysteries of death and resurrection are central and, in some way,
they contain all the other mysteries; but these other mysteries or
events also have their own importance.

(9)

17 Years Ago

Cling to Me

May 13, 1993

Jesus: My dear child, if
you stay close to Me, then I live in you and you live in Me. I am He Who
created you and I love you with such an intensity that you will never know. My
words are your truth. You must abide in My heart in all things. There is no
room for doubt. My ways are steadfast, direct, and without error.

You must stay rooted in Me to ward off
the power of the evil one. His grip is paralyzing and crippling. His power is
stronger every day.

When you live in Me, I am in your heart
and he has no power over Me. I am your God. I am your true lover. I want to
protect you. I want to guard you from this force. Stay rooted firmly in Me and
he will have no power.

I am He Who comforts you. My hand is upon
you. Hold tight to Me, My child. My eyes are fixed right on you. You are My
most precious child. I love you as no other can. My arms are about you. My
tenderness surrounds you. My love is in your heart. You go not alone. I walk
with you.

I share every aspect of your life with
you. Cling to Me, feel My presence. It is warm and secure within your chest.
There is no room for fear, for I cast out fear and bring you comfort and joy.

By reliving and reincarnating the mysteries of
Christ, we are not only accomplishing our own redemption, but
assisting in the continued application of Christ's redemption to all
mankind. The Incarnation continues for all time. Christ, of course,
is the one who fundamentally continues the Incarnation; but he
enlists our help. The world no longer sees Jesus, no longer is able
to reach out and touch him. We are the ones who now, in some way,
make Christ visible and tangible. In union with the invisible,
glorified Christ, and depending upon him as our source of strength,
we continue the Incarnation in its visible and temporal dimensions.
The fact that, at times, we do this poorly because of our human
weakness and sinfulness does not change the great privilege and
responsibility that is ours: we do, in fact, help continue the
Incarnation. We are the Body of Christ. We must strive ever more
perfectly to reincarnate the mystery and mysteries of Christ.

The Christian is initiated into the mystery of Christ, into his
or her role of prolonging the Incarnation, through baptism. In the
words of St. Paul: "Are you not aware that we who were baptized into
Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? Through baptism into his
death we were buried with him, so that, just as Christ was raised
from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might live a new
life" (Rm 6:3-5).

It is not sufficient, however, that we be incorporated into
Christ and his mysteries through baptism. All forms of life require
nourishment; so too, our life in Christ must be continually
nourished; we must continually keep in contact with Christ and his
mysteries. How can we continually encounter Christ? There are
various ways. We contact Christ in a special manner through the
liturgy—above all, in the Eucharistic liturgy. Here the entire
course of salvation history, as centered in Jesus, is sacramentally
renewed and continued. Through this Eucharistic encounter we become
more deeply incorporated into Christ and his mysteries.

The reading of Scripture provides another special opportunity
for encounter with Jesus. This is true for both the Old and New
Testaments; the Old Testament prefigures the New Testament and leads
to it. It is obvious, however, that we meet Christ especially
through the pages of the New Testament. How true it is to say that
not to be familiar with Scripture is not to know Christ properly.

There is yet another way in which we encounter the mysteries of
Christ; we make renewed contact with Jesus and his mysteries as
these are present within ourselves and others. The mysteries of
Christ that are to be relived by us are structured into our life of
grace. One of the best ways, then, to encounter the mysteries of
Christ is to experience them personally in our own Christian living.
To personally relive the mysteries of Christ is to more perfectly
understand them; what is more, this deeper penetration of their
truth allows for their still greater assimilation in our lives. To
see the truth of Christ, the Christ-event, reincarnated to a marked
degree in another person—is a wonderful gift from God. To see the
selflessness of Jesus, his love, his kindness, his willingness to
suffer and endure the difficult, his joy and peace despite the pain
and anguish of life—to see all this reflected in the lives of at
least some of the people we meet is indeed a significant encounter
with Christ.

The Visitation

(1) Luke 1: 39-45

Mary set out at that
time and went as quickly as she could into the hill country to a
town in Judah. She went into Zechariah’s house and greeted
Elizabeth. Now it happened that as soon as Elizabeth heard
Mary’s greeting, the child leapt in her womb and Elizabeth was
filled with the Holy Spirit. She gave a loud cry and said, ‘Of
all women you are the most blessed, and blessed is the fruit of
your womb. Why should I be honoured with a visit from the mother
of my Lord? Look, the moment your greeting reached my ears, the
child in my womb leapt for joy. Yes, blessed is she who believed
that the promise made her by the Lord would be fulfilled.’

But you, my dear friends, must build
yourselves up on the
foundation of your most holy faith,
praying in the Holy Spirit; keep yourselves within the love of
God and wait for the mercy of our
LordJesusChrist to give you eternal life. To
some you must be compassionate because they are wavering; others you
must save by snatching them from the fire; to others again you must
be compassionate but wary, hating even the
tunic stained by their bodies.

To him who can keep you from falling and
bring you safe to his glorious presence, innocent and joyful, to the
only God, our Saviour, through
JesusChrist our Lord, be glory, majesty,
authority and power, before all ages, now and for ever. Amen.

(3) Mary's visit at Fatima.

Excerpts from The Spirituality of Fatima
by Fr. Edward Carter, S.J.

May 13, 1917

"Do not be afraid, I will do you no
harm..... I am from Heaven.

"I have come to ask you to come here
for six months in succession, on the 13th day, at the same hour.
Later on, I will tell you who I am and what I want

"Are you willing to offer yourselves to
God and bear all the sufferings He wills to send you, as an act
of reparation for the sins by which He is offended, and in
supplication for the conversion of sinners?

"Pray the Rosary every day in order to
obtain peace for the world, and the end of the war."(8)

(4) Excerpts from The Spirituality of
Fatima by Fr. Edward Carter, S.J.

June 13, 1917

"God wishes you to remain
in the world for some time because He wants to use you to
establish in the world the devotion to my Immaculate Heart. I
promise salvation to those who embrace it, and their souls will
be loved by God as flowers placed by myself to adorn His
throne." (10)

"During her appearance in July, Our
Lady, in answer to Lucia's plea, promised that in October
she would work a great public miracle so that all might
believe and know who she was. Again the Mother of God told
the children to sacrifice themselves for sinners and to say
many times, especially when making a sacrifice, this prayer:
"O my Jesus, I offer this for love
of Thee, for the conversion of poor sinners, and in
reparation for all the sins committed against the Immaculate
Heart of Mary."

As she spoke these words, Our Lady stretched out her
hands, and bright rays came forth which seemed to penetrate
into the earth. All at once the ground vanished, and the
children found themselves standing on the brink of a sea of
fire. As they peered into this dreadful place, the terrified
youngsters saw huge numbers of devils and damned souls. The
devils resembled hideous black animals, each filling the air
with despairing shrieks. The damned souls were in their
human bodies and seemed to be brown in color, tumbling about
constantly in the flames and screaming with terror. All were
on fire within and without their bodies, and neither devils
nor damned souls seemed able to control their movements.
They were tossing about in the flames like fiery coals in a
furnace. There was never an instant's peace or freedom from
pain.

Looking with compassion at the pale and trembling
little ones, the vision spoke to them:
"You have seen Hell, where the souls of poor sinners go. To
save them, God wishes to establish, in the world devotion to
my Immaculate Heart. If people do what I tell you, many
souls will be saved and there will be peace."

THE VISION FORETELLS
WORLD WAR II AND COMMUNISM

"The war (First World War, then
raging) is going to end. But if people do not stop offending
God, another and worse one will begin in the reign of Pius
XI. When you shall see a night illuminated by an unknown
light [January 25, 1938],
know that this is the great sign that God gives you that He
is going to punish the world for its many crimes by means of
war, hunger, and persecution of the Church and the Holy
Father.

"To prevent this, I shall come to
ask for the consecration of Russia to my Immaculate Heart
and the Communion of Reparation on the five first Saturdays.
If my requests are granted, Russia will be converted and
there will be peace. If not, she will scatter her errors
throughout the world, provoking wars and persecutions of the
Church. The good will be martyred, the Holy Father will have
much to suffer, and various nations will be destroyed....

"But in the end, my Immaculate
Heart will triumph, the Holy Father will consecrate Russia
to me, Russia will be converted, and a certain period of
peace will be granted to the world." The Lady asked that
this message be kept secret until she gave permission to
reveal it.

end of excerpt

(6) Excerpts from The Spirituality of
Fatima by Fr. Edward Carter, S.J.

August 13, 1917

"Because of the
excitement caused by the apparitions, the civil authorities were so
alarmed that they kidnapped the three young visionaries and put them
in jail. The incarceration period included the day of August 13.
Consequently, Our Lady did not appear to the children on this
particular 13th. The authorities, fearing reaction on the part of
the people, quickly released the children.

August 19, 1917

She told them she was greatly
displeased by the action of the mayor. As a result, the miracle
promised for October would not be as impressive as originally
planned.(15)

(7) Excerpts from The Spirituality of
Fatima by Fr. Edward Carter, S.J.

September 13, 1917

More than 30,000 people were
present in September, and saw a shower of mysterious white
petals fall to within 10 feet of the ground before dissolving
into the air. Many also saw the globe of light bearing the Lady
come to rest atop the tree, and the branches bend as though
someone were standing on them. Later, they saw the cloud depart
into the east, from whence it had come.(16)

(8) Excerpts from The Spirituality of
Fatima by Fr. Edward Carter, S.J.

October 13, 1917

I am the Lady of the Rosary. I have
come to warn the faithful to amend their lives and to ask
pardon for their sins. They must not offend Our Lord any
more, for He is already too grievously offended by the sins
of men. People must say the Rosary. Let them continue saying
it every day.(17)

While the people in attendance were
beholding the great Miracle of the Sun, the three young
visionaries, and they alone, were privileged to see striking
visions in the heavens:

As Our Lady had promised, St. Joseph
had come with the Holy Family and had blessed the world.
Then, Our Lady appeared as the Mother of Sorrows,
accompanied by her Divine Son, Who also blessed the world.
Finally, Lucy had seen the Blessed Virgin, dressed in the
brown robes of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, crowned as Queen of
Heaven and Earth, holding a brown Scapular in her hand, with
her infant Son upon her knee. However, in none of these
visions had any of the figures spoken to the children.
(18)

Excerpt from the Spirituality of
Fatima

by Fr. Edward Carter, S.J.

October 13, 1917

On October 13, 1917, there were more than 70,000 people
gathered in the Cova da Iria in Fatima, Portugal. They had come
to observe a miracle which had been foretold by the Blessed
Virgin to three young visionaries: Lucia dos Santos, and her two
cousins, Jacinta and Francisco Marto. (1) Shortly after noon,
Our Lady appeared to the three visionaries:

As the Lady was about to leave, she pointed to the
sun. Lucy excitedly repeated the gesture, and the people
looked into the sky. The rain had ceased, the clouds parted,
and the sun shone forth, but not in its usual brilliance.
Instead, it appeared like a silver disc, pale as the moon,
at which all could gaze without straining their eyes.
Suddenly, impelled by some mysterious force, the disc began
to whirl in the sky, casting off great shafts of
multicolored light. Red, green, blue, yellow, violet—the
enormous rays shot across the sky at all angles, lighting up
the entire countryside for many miles around, but
particularly the upturned faces of those 70,000 spellbound
people.

After a few moments the wonder stopped, but resumed
again a second and a third time—three times in all—within
about 12 minutes. It seemed that the whole world was on
fire, with the sun spinning at a greater speed each time.

Then a gasp of terror rose from the crowd, for the
sun seemed to tear itself from the heavens and come crashing
down upon the horrified multitude.... Just when it seemed
that the ball of fire would fall upon and destroy them, the
miracle ceased, and the sun resumed its normal place in the
sky, shining forth as peacefully as ever.

When the people arose from the ground, cries of
astonishment were heard on all sides. Their clothes, which
had been soaking wet and muddy, now were clean and dry. Many
of the sick and crippled had been cured of their
afflictions. (2)

"I wish to share with you part of a message which
Jesus gave us on October 13, 1994. The message tells us about the expansion of
the Shepherds of Christ movement:

'My
beloved priest-companion, today I come to you with another mission. I am
asking you to establish Shepherds of Christ Ministries. At My request you have
already begun the priestly newsletter, "Shepherds of Christ", and
the prayer chapters, Shepherds of Christ Associates...

'I am
giving you this message on this day, the 77th Anniversary of the Great
Apparition at Fatima, because of the close connection between the Shepherds of
Christ movement and the Fatima message. The Fatima message is centered in
devotion to My Heart and My Mother's Heart, especially in consecration to Our
Hearts. Shepherds of Christ Ministries is also centered in devotion to Our
Hearts. I will use Shepherds of Christ Ministries as a great instrument in
helping to bring about the triumph of the Immaculate Heart and the reign of My
Sacred Heart. When this occurs, My Church and the world will be experiencing
the great era of peace promised by My Mother at Fatima.

'Today, then, October 13, 1994, the 77th Anniversary of the Great Apparition
at Fatima, marks the birth of Shepherds of Christ Ministries. I pour forth the
great love of My Sacred Heart to all. I am Jesus, Chief Shepherd of the
flock.'

"Jesus has told us that Shepherds of Christ
Ministries includes: the priestly newsletter, Shepherds of Christ,
Shepherds of Christ Associates prayer chapters, various publications,
including books, whatever else Our Lord directs us to undertake.

"As members of Shepherds of Christ Associates, you
are an extremely important part of Shepherds of Christ Ministries. You have
given great joy to the Heart of Jesus by responding to His invitation to
become members of Shepherds of Christ Associates. As He draws you closer to
His Heart and to His Mother's Heart as Associates members, He will fill you
with an ever-increasing experience of His love, peace, and joy."

Mary: My dear
children, I give to you, my Son, Jesus, born in a stable in Bethlehem on
Christmas morn. He is the Almighty God, the Light of the World.

I appear to you, my children, on a
(former) bank in Florida. You have made money your god! Do you know how cold
are your hearts? You turn away from my Son, Jesus, for your money. Your money
is your god.

I am Mary, your Mother. I do not appear
as I once appeared to you. I am asking you today to circulate my message given
on a tape on the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, December 12, 1996. Please
circulate this tape now. Give it to as many people as you can. I am Mary, your
Mother. Please circulate my Rosary Book.

end of December 19, 1996

Birth of Jesus

(1) Luke 2: 15-20

Now it happened that when the
angels had gone from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one
another, ‘Let us go to Bethlehem and see this event which the
Lord has made known to us.’ So they hurried away and found Mary
and Joseph, and the baby lying in the manger. When they saw the
child they repeated what they had been told about him, and
everyone who heard it was astonished at what the shepherds said
to them. As for Mary, she treasured all these things and
pondered them in her heart. And the shepherds went back
glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen,
just as they had been told.

(2) From Tell My People

The Holy Spirit

Jesus: "My beloved friend, tell My people to pray daily to
the Holy Spirit. They are to pray for an increase in His gifts. My people
must realize that the Holy Spirit comes to transform them. The Spirit
desires to transform you more and more according to My image. Those who are
docile to His touch become increasingly shaped in My likeness. He performs
this marvel within Mary's Immaculate Heart. The more one dwells in My
Mother's Heart, the more active are the workings of the Spirit. The Spirit
leads Mary to place you within My own Heart. In both Our Hearts, then, your
transformation continues. The more you are formed after My own Heart, the
more I lead you to the bosom of My Father. Tell My people all this. Tell
them to pray daily for a greater appreciation of these wondrous gifts. I am
Lord and Master. All who come to My Heart will be on fire to receive the
gifts of the Spirit in ever greater measure! I love and bless My
people!"

Reflection: The Holy Spirit is given to us to fashion us ever
more according to the likeness of Jesus. And the more we are like Jesus,
the more Jesus leads us to the Father. Do we, each day, pray to the Holy
Spirit to be more open to His transforming influence? Do we strive each
day to grow in union with Mary? The greater our union with our Mother,
the spouse of the Holy Spirit, the greater is the transforming action of
the Holy Spirit within us.

(3) From Blue Book I - December 24, 1993 6:10 a.m.

God-Made-Man is Born

R. Dear Jesus, Your day is slowly
approaching. Praise You, Jesus. I love You. You are great in heaven
and on earth. Praise You. Oh Jesus, help us this Christmas to sow
Your love.

Jesus: I am the way, the truth
and the life. He who abides in Me will have the light of life. Make
your ways straight and follow in My paths that you will know all My
ways and I will be your Master. May you know a peace that only I can
give and may your days be spent in spreading My love, for I am
worthy of all honor and glory. Holy is My name. Alleluia, Alleluia.

I am Jesus, Son of the Living God. I am
the God-child. Do you comprehend this? You search a barren desert
for My love and I am by your side. My heart is ever present to you.
Your search should be avid for Me and My ways for I am truly your
God and I am ever attentive to your needs. Come and let Me lead you
on your way. Let Me lead you down your path and your foot will not
falter. Your steps will be made light, light in the ways of the
Lord. Holy is His name and all blessings are His. Alleluia.

This is the day of the Lord, rejoice in
it and be glad. Make straight your path, make ready a way for Him
and open yourself up to His promptings deep in the hearts of those
who serve Him.

He is so good. He is so holy. He is
indeed God, little ones, your God Who comes and is full of love for
you, little creatures of this world. He raises you up and you are
brought to new heights in His love. You are honored in Him and He is
worthy of such praise.

I am the Savior. I was born of Mary. I
came for you, little ones. I come to this earth as God to show My
intense love for you. I lived as a human man. I walked like you, a
human creature. I then died a brutal death for you. Alleluia. Praise
the Lord! In His Love we have been saved. It is through Him that we
are saved and holy is His name. Praise Him. Worship Him. He will
give you the Light of Life. His star burned bright in the east and
the world did not even know what might come on that night! People
were numbed to His coming and all were dazed. Behold, a star glowed
in the east and the glory of the Lord was with us.

R. Jesus, God-made-man, Son of
Mary is born in Bethlehem in a stable, under the eyes of beasts.
Such poverty for a mighty King! He is not a king of riches. He is
not a king that comes to flaunt His wealth. He is a King for the
kingdom that is The Kingdom. All other kingdoms are of no account
when compared to His kingdom, yet He comes as a baby in such
poverty.

Sound the trumpet, blow the horn, roll
the drums! The angels are all that declare His coming-and a few
shepherds. Nonetheless He comes in His glory and His might, worthy
of all honor and all praise! At His presence we must bow in awe and
know what a King is in our midst. It is Jesus, Son of God, King of
Kings, and Lord of Lords. It is He by Whom we are saved. No other
king can claim to such a feat. No other king can compare to this
one.

Jesus: Remember, people. He is a
King. Remember He is in your midst. Do you realize His might or do
you go about your busy lives ignoring a King in your midst? How
foolish, you say, to be in the presence of a King and ignore him and
I say to you, "How foolish indeed, My little ones." Make your lives
attentive to the greatness that you possess. Be eager with an
anxious heart and a holy life. Be prepared, for a true King is with
you. Honor Him and Praise Him. He is worthy of all praise. Alleluia.
Praise the Lord and know His name.

Bow, My children, to this King Who walks
among His people. All honor is yours today for a Savior is born and
He will come as a baby. But He will save all from their sins and
they will be heirs of His Kingdom. Alleluia. Alleluia.

end of excerpt

(4) Sing: A Song from Jesus

(5) From
the Rosary of August 27, 1996

Mary's
Message

Mary:I stood beneath the cross of my Son, and my Heart was in such pain for I
saw Him before my eyes. I saw Him covered with blood. I saw Him die. My
Heart, my children, my Heart to watch my Son, but my Heart, my Heart, how I
suffered for my little children of the world that give in to this world and
give up the love of my Son. O my little children of light, I give you this
message. Carry this light into the darkness for your Mother Mary, for I
stood beneath the cross and I cried. I cried for the little ones. I cried
for the young ones, the ones that do not care and will lose their souls. How
do I make you see for you will not listen to me? What can I do? I come. I
appear. I beg. I plead. I give you these gifts from my Son, and you reject
me. I do not deliver messages very often anymore for I have been ignored.
The message is the same. You do not read the messages I have given to you.
Please help me. Help the little children. I appear. I appear. I appear, and
I am ignored. I stood beneath the cross, and I cried. I cried, and my Heart
was in such anguish for my little children, for I am searching for them this
day as I searched for the Child Jesus. Please, please help me. I cannot hold
back the hand of my Son any longer. I am Mary, your Mother. I ask you to
help my children. You are my children of light.

end of Mary's Message

(6) December 17, 1991

His Burning Heart

R. I was alone
in All Saints Church after Mass and Communion, in front of the tabernacle,
when I saw the Sacred Heart. It was red around the outside, then a layer of
yellow and then the brightest light in the center. I felt heat and it looked
like an open furnace.

I thought about it all day and it instantly gave me peace
and warmth in my heart. This is the purpose of these letters—to
draw hearts to the ardent on-fire love of Jesus. I received the following
message that day:

"Open your heart to the fire of God's love. He is
ablaze in your heart. He wants to dwell in you and love you and others
through you. Love God, yourself and one another and experience the fire set
aglow in your heart and experience the warmth of His love."

end of writing

(7) December 5, 1996

R. Mary had
appeared almost every 5th for two and 1/2 years beginning July
5, 1994.

On December 5, 1996,
instead of Mary appearing Jesus appeared on the cross in utter
anguish at the point of death at Holy Cross-Immaculata Church.

He spoke not a word,
but His mouth moved profusely. I was horrified by the
apparition.

He hung, all
battered, greatly weakened. His mouth moved very clearly. It
seems that a man in His condition could not move His mouth to
that extent.

Later in the rosary
that night, He gave messages and said: "No one was listening."

end of excerpt

Excerpt from
Rosary on December 5, 1996:

Jesus:

I am alive, I am alive. I
am alive. My beloved ones, I show you My face. Do you see the
body of a man? Do you see Me alive on the cross? I am speaking
to you but the world does not hear. They do not hear the message
that I deliver to them. You must pray fervently. You must come
to Me that I can be one in you and that I can operate through
you as you go into the world this day. I love you. I love you
with the most tender love. I am Jesus. I am alive. You are My
main soldiers that I will send into the world to lead the
strayed ones to My Heart.

The days ahead will be dark days. You must come to My Heart
and take shelter in My Heart. It is there that you will be
rooted on a firm rock. For My Heart is your home. You will not
know the terrors of the night if you stay rooted in My Heart.

Division is blackness in the heart. You must not be divided,
divided from anyone. You must remain in union with all men. You
must see yourselves as part of the Father's family. Each one of
you is so important to the Father's plan.

end of rosary excerpt

(8) From the Apostles Manual p. 174-176

Excerpt from December 29, 1996Message given through Rita Ring

R. "...he who is your
teacher will hide no longer, and you will see your teacher with your
own eyes." (Isaiah 30:20)

Jesus: Yes, I am the
Teacher of whom they speak and I will reveal to them the secrets of
My Heart through these writings and the teacher will be brought to
light as the children of light are conceived and brought forth from
the womb of the woman.

She is the woman
clothed as the sun. She is Our Lady of Light bringing forth her
children into the world and the devil's deadly influence will be no
more for, as children are conceived and dwelling within the
Immaculate Heart of My Mother, she will smite the dragon and they
will be protected, My children of light.

And they marched
together, children of light and children of darkness and in the
darkness you could hear the wailing cries go forth and the gnashing
of teeth. They cried forth a brutal cry of death as they fell into
the everlasting abyss of destruction and doom.

Oh, I warned them
all. The Lady appeared, adorned in light. She coaxed them to come to
her heart, the womb in which they would be transformed and know the
light and they said, "No, my Lady, we need not your Immaculate
Heart. We are tainted in our souls and we will remain children of
darkness enveloped in our sins, for we wanted our world and your
demands for purity were too high."

(9) Excerpt from December 29, 1996

- continues

R. How could we think
Christ's last words on the cross were not important to us? In His
dying moments, He gave us His Mother.

He came, our Savior,
our King, our Almighty God. He took flesh in her womb, through the
power of the Spirit, He was carried in her arms as a helpless baby,
He went to the temple and there Simeon said..."Now Master, you can
let your servant go in peace, just as you promised; because my eyes
have seen the salvation which you have prepared for all the nations
to see, a light to enlighten the pagans and the glory of your
people, Israel." (Luke 2:29-32), and "..You see this child:
he is destined for the fall and for the rising of many in Israel,
destined to be a sign that is rejected--and a sword will pierce your
own soul too--so that the secret thoughts of many may be laid bare."
(Luke 2:35).

Israel, being the
holy city in which He built His temple, in which He lived, in which
the Blessed Virgin walked and talked and carried the Son of God in
her womb.

For nine long months
she carried Him within her womb. Oh children of Mary, some of you
listen to His dying words on the cross, some of you do not hear. And
darkness covered the earth. For as Simeon predicted, this child is
destined for the rise and fall of many in Israel. Many would reject
their Mother. The Lady, clothed as the sun, the woman that carried
the Light within her womb for those long nine months while He was
formed within her body through the Holy Spirit, the Comforter, the
Counselor, the One who is forming the Church into all it is to be.

Christ showed us the
way.

(10) Excerpt from December 29, 1996 - continues

Jesus: I came in this
woman. The Holy Spirit sanctifies and makes holy. I, who am God
Almighty, perfect holiness, comes in this holy womb and I am born
the Light of the World. My Light shines on that night, the day of My
birth. I lived and I was carried and I was so close to this woman of
light, the one chosen by the Father. I stuck close to her. So
important were those years I walked the earth for I showed you, I
walked hand-in-hand with you, My creatures, always by the side of
Our Mother, your Mother and Mine.

So you think you
needn't heed her warnings and her call for purity and prayers? You
think she appears over and over again and the Father, Myself, the
Son, and the Holy Spirit are pleased with your pride and the
audacity found in your hearts? Do you think that you can ignore your
Mother and Mine--a gift I gave you at My death? Do you think you can
ignore the spouse of the Holy Spirit, the temple in which He dwelt
to bring forth the Son of God? Do you think, oh wicked men, that you
can ignore Mary, your Mother, the gift I give you on My death bed,
the throne they hung Me on? You think, oh audacious men, that My
hand will not strike you and smite your pleasure-seeking bodies,
when I gave you the greatest riches, the greatest treasures and you
spit on Me and walked away!

You have now ignored
My Mother and Me. Oh, sinful world, and you will suffer a fate far
worse than any chastisement I once planned, to turn you around. She
came, the Lady of Light for 14 months, every day and you ignored her
and said, "Not I, my Lady, I am wanting for the world."

You did not see her
stand at the foot of My cross and see her weep for in her heart she
knew from the prophecy of Simeon that some of her children would
rise and some would fall and she knew, under the cross, before I
officially gave you My Mother in My dying words, that many of her
beloved children would be lost forever and she knew the fate to
come.

For the hell you will
have, oh children of darkness, those who refused the grace-filled
womb of My Mother and yours, the hell you will experience is
forever! For a few pleasures in the world below you said 'no' to the
Lady clothed as the sun and the dragon came and he wiped you off the
face of the earth and he took you home with him. You did not go to
the heavenly home I had planned for you where there is eternal light
and life. You went to the anguishing pit of darkness and she heard
your cries, anguishing cries under the cross--her little
children--and she cried, "I stood beneath the cross of My son and I
cried."

end of December 29,
1996

Sing: The King of Glory

Presentation

(1) Luke 2: 25-35

Now in Jerusalem
there was a man named Simeon. He was an upright and devout man;
he looked forward to the restoration of Israel and the Holy
Spirit rested on him. It had been revealed to him by the Holy
Spirit that he would not see death until he had set eyes on the
Christ of the Lord. Prompted by the Spirit he came to the
Temple; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus to do
for him what the Law required, he took him into his arms and
blessed God; and he said:

Now, Master, you
are letting your servant go in peace as you promised; for my eyes have seen the salvation which you have made ready in the sight of the nations; a light of revelation for the gentiles and glory for your people Israel.

As the child’s father
and mother were wondering at the things that were being said
about him, Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother,
‘Look, he is destined for the fall and for the rise of many in
Israel, destined to be a sign that is opposed—and a sword will
pierce your soul too—so that the secret thoughts of many may be
laid bare.’

(2) The Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary from the Red Rosary Book

February 22, 1995

1. The Prophecy of SimeonMary, Joseph and the child Jesus went to the temple. Simeon, the prophet,
inspired by the Holy Spirit, met them and told Joseph and Mary of the great
sufferings of Jesus and Mary. He told Mary that a sword would pierce her
heart. From that point on, Mary ever remembered the prophecy of Simeon
whenever she beheld her child. When she looked at His little body, even as
an infant, she knew He would suffer. Every time she clothed Him and watched
Him at play, her heart was torn in her chest as she knew what He would
suffer. And a sword,
too, shall pierce your Heart, O Mary!

(3)

2. The Flight into EgyptJoseph was told by the angel to flee. Joseph, Mary and the child Jesus had
to flee because of what might happen to Jesus. They had to pack for a long
stay. The child Jesus was so small! They left on their journey, hearts full
of fear, trying to protect Jesus. They were forced to flee into Egypt.

(4)

3. Jesus Is Lost, In the TempleImagine the sufferings in Mary's heart when she realized the child Jesus was
not with them. Think of how it would be to lose your child and not know
where he was or if anything happened to him. With sorrow in their hearts,
Mary and Joseph returned to Jerusalem to look for the child Jesus. And a
sword, too, shall pierce your heart, O Mary!

(5)

4. Jesus Carries His CrossSong: See the eyes that look at Mary, her tender infant child. See
the child's Heart beat so tenderly, the Savior of the world!See the eyes of Jesus and Mary as they met on Calvary. Mary's Heart knew
Jesus' Heart so well! From the first moment of conception and throughout His
life, Mary was so connected with Jesus and now she peered into His eyes. The
crown of thorns adorned His Head! Blood ran down His face! A heavy cross on
His back! Wounded, His whole body covered with bleeding wounds! And her
whole life flashed before her, the life that she had spent with Jesus. This
was the beloved child that she had held in her arms when Simeon told Mary
that 'a sword, too, shall pierce your Heart, O Mary!'

(6)

5. Jesus
Dies on the CrossMary stood under Jesus' cross as He was put to death. The child that she
had held in her arms as Simeon prophesied, And a sword, too, shall pierce
your Heart, O Mary! Now Jesus is dead on the cross! He gave His flesh, He
gave His blood so that we might be with Him forever in heaven. He held not
back. He gave His all. He calls out to us this day to see through the eyes
of His mother as she appears and calls out with a Heart of great love,
"Return to the love of my Son! He is with you this day. He remains with
you, no less present than the day that He hung on the cross, in the
Eucharist. He longs for you to come and be with Him. He is in your brother.
How can you not love your brother when Jesus died for your brother?"

Her Heart was pierced with a sword. His Heart was pierced with a lance. What
came forth was blood and water, the sacramental life of the church. He lives
with us this day in the Church. He gives to us His sacraments, the source of
His life! He gives to us the Sacrament of Penance whereby any sin that we
commit can be taken away through the priest. He wants us to be so close to
Him! He gives us everything to be close to Him. But we see with such limited
vision only those things that are right before our face, when the true
reality is that which we don't see with our eyes, the reality of the
invisible divinity of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, in the consecrated Host!
This is reality! This is our life! This is our power! This is God! And a
sword, too, shall pierce your Heart, O Mary!

(7)

6. Jesus Is Taken Down from the
CrossIf we ever doubted for one second that we were loved, we could visualize the
picture of Mary as she sat beneath the cross with the lifeless, battered,
bruised and bloodied body of her Son in her arms, the same child that she
held when Simeon prophesied her suffering. He gave His last breath. He gave
the last beat of His Heart. He gave His all! This is the way He complied
with the Will of the Father. He came to show us the way. He died in perfect
peace. To His death He was in peace because He knew the Father's love. The
Father loves us so much that He gave His only begotten Son for love of us!
The Spirit descended upon the Virgin Mary and the Word was made flesh! The
love of the Two Hearts! Such immense love beating for us!

In all love there is suffering. Her Heart was pierced with a sword. His
Heart was pierced with a lance. And a sword, too, shall pierce your Heart, O
Mary!

(8)

7. Jesus
Is Locked in the TombAnd now Jesus, His body lifeless, is locked in a tomb! What cold reality
for Mary to realize that His body is now gone! A stone separated her from
her Son!

He gave His last breath! He gave the last beat of His Heart for love of each
one of us! And she comes to us this day with her sweet, beautiful voice and
she asks us to go to her Son and love Him! How can we refuse Jesus who
spread His arms and gave His life for each and every one of us? How can we
not trust Him when He loved us so much that He allowed them to tear His
flesh, to crown Him with piercing thorns and, lastly, to hang Him on a
cross? He truly gave His life for us! He, truly God, is with us this day,
the same as the day He died on the cross, in the tabernacle! And we take it
so lightly! Death has no power over Him! Locked in the tomb for three days,
He rose triumphant on the third day as He had foretold. He comes to give us
life. He gives us the sacrament of Baptism that initiates us into His life,
that makes us children of God and heirs of heaven if we remain in the state
of grace. He asks two things: love of God and love of one another! He came
to show us the way and His way is love. To His death on the cross He loved
each one of us! He calls out to each one of us here today to be His
soldiers, to march on a world that has forgotten God, that has forgotten
what it is like to love! It is a battle to live in this world. But the
battle is won with hearts that are filled with His love, empowered by the
grace and might that He pours out in the Eucharist. He calls out for us to
come to the Eucharist and to the tabernacle and be fed with His very flesh
and blood. To feed on Divine Life, the greatest nourishment, the Body and
Blood of Jesus Christ, the Son of God! This is the love He gives. This is
the love He asks us to share.

end of seven sorrows

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from the housetops." (Matthew 10:27)

Jesus Has Come to
Give Us Life

Jesus: "This is the day celebrating
My Resurrection (Easter). The day of newness of life. I am
Lord and Master. I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. Tell
My people to come to Me if they wish to experience life in
abundance. I want to give all an ever greater share in the
life of My Resurrection. Without Me you cannot be happy, nor
have peace, nor have real joy. Tell My people to surrender
to Me more and more. The more they do so, the more they will
experience My love, wisdom, power, peace, joy, happiness,
mercy, and goodness. Within My Heart My people will find
these riches. I am Lord and Master! Please listen to My
words."

Reflection: Through His life, death,
and resurrection, Jesus has come to give us life, and to
give us this life in abundance.

When we were baptized, we were incorporated
into Christ and His Church. When we were baptized, we
received the life of sanctifying grace. This life is a
created sharing in the life of the Trinity. Truly, we are
called to live a God-like existence according to the
teaching and example of Jesus! It is our duty and our
privilege to develop our life of grace—our
Christ-life—through our participation in the Mass, through
the reception of the sacraments, through prayer, and through
all other good works. Indeed, we are called to love God and
neighbor more and more.

What a glorious life has been given to us!
In a spirit of thanksgiving, and together with Mary our
Mother, let us always strive to know Christ more intimately,
to love Him more ardently, and to follow Him more closely,
so that He will always bring us to a closer union with the
Father in the unity of the Holy Spirit.

Prayer: Father, we are profoundly
grateful for the life You have given to us through Jesus and
in the Holy Spirit. Through the constant intercession of
Mary our Mother, we ask for the grace to always be Your
worthy sons and daughters.

(10) From Tell My People

Reparation for Sin

Jesus: "My beloved
priest-companion, tell My people that the ugly face of sin covers
the earth as never before in the history of the human race. My
image, which should shine forth brilliantly over the whole earth, is
seriously marred by the hideousness of sin. My Father's justice
demands reparation. Tell My people to offer their actions in
reparation for all the sins whereby the Triune God is so much
offended. My Heart cries out for reparation, especially for sins
committed against My Eucharistic presence. My Heart hates sin, but
loves the sinner. All who are sorry for their sins will find in My
Heart overflowing graces of mercy.

"My people should receive the Sacrament
of Reconciliation often, even if they have no serious sins to
confess. The graces of this Sacrament give powerful graces for the
fight against temptation. I am Lord and Master. Please do as I
request!"

Reflection: In our determination
to avoid sin, let us often recall the terrible sufferings which sin
caused Our Loving Savior: the cruel crowning with thorns, the
tearing of His sacred flesh by the soldiers' merciless scourging,
the heartless hammering of nails through His sacred hands and feet,
and all the rest. Who can prayerfully look upon the suffering Christ
and not be repulsed by the hideousness of sin?

The Finding of Jesus in the Temple

(1) From October 13, 1996 -The Coronation of Our Lady

Mary speaks:I am Our Lady of the Holy Rosary. I am asking you this day to carry these
rosaries into this world. It is through the rosary that you will have
peace in your hearts. My little children, you must learn to discipline
your thoughts. You must come to Our Hearts and meditate on Our lives. Our
lives will live in your life as you meditate on the mysteries of the
rosary.

(2) Mary speaks:

There is a time, a time of struggle. There is a time of joy. There is a
time when the Sacred Heart of Jesus will reign. The time for these things
is near at hand. My little children, I have called you on this October
13th, 1996. I have called you to go into this world and to carry the
rosary as your weapon against Satan. It is through the rosary and the
scapular that I will save this world. I am Mary, your Mother. I am Our
Lady of the Holy Rosary.

(3)

R. We see the angel appear to Mary and ask her to be the
Mother of God. This is the Father's plan-that Mary would be the Mother of
God, and we see Mary as crowned Queen of Heaven and Earth. Do we see the
plan of the Father unfold in our lives? That our lives are so important to
help in the salvation of many? That He is truly calling us to be apostles
to carry His love, His light, into the dark world?

(4) Jesus speaks:

I am with you in a special way, My beloved apostles. I am calling you this
day. This is an urgent call. You must go into the world and carry My
messages of love to the souls that are hungry and suffering and in pain.

(5)

R. Think vividly of the moment of death. There is a soul at
this moment on the edge of death. How did they live their life? Think of
the world today. Is the world living according to the way that God has
told us that we must live? He told us that we must love God and love one
another. There is a soul at this moment on the edge of death. Where will
this soul go? Did the soul love God? Did it matter about his clothes and
his house and all his riches? I heard Mary, Our Mother, call out time and
time and time again about the souls that were going into hell. It is like
the Fatima documentary-she called and people did not heed what she said
and there was World War II. Mary does not appear as she once appeared and
she has ceased giving messages as she once did. She still gives messages
but they are not as many. She says that we are not listening to the
messages that she has given and that she cannot hold back the hand of her
Son any longer.

(6)

R. This is the good news: if we do what Mary tells us at
Fatima, we will have peace. There will be the reign of the Sacred Heart
and the triumph of her Immaculate Heart in which souls will fervently love
Jesus with the greatest love. Her plan is so simple but Satan has blocked
this plan. Satan has blocked these rosary messages and meditations. We
must pray that we can circulate the messages of Jesus and Mary to the
world that is hungry and in need of help.

(7)

R. One day soon we will be with God in heaven, forever and
ever.

(8)

R. Wrapped in the embrace of the Almighty God for all
eternity. Heaven is a place of love for the Almighty God is love. We will
be satisfied. We will know love. We will be at peace.But, hell is a place where there is no love, there is no community, there
is isolation, there is longing for God for all eternity.He is alive, He is alive and He is with us this day. You must spread this
message to the ends of the earth.

(9) Mary speaks:

My little children, I call you children because you are My children,
willful in your ways. I have called to you to pray My rosary and to spread
the rosary to the hurting children in this world. I am asking you on this
special day that you carry the rosary to as many souls as possible. I will
aid you in all efforts to spread the rosaries to the world. Read these
meditations to the elderly in the Nursing Homes, teach them about the
power of the rosary, bring the rosary to the children, tell them about our
lives, about our love for them.I am Mary, your Mother, I am Our Lady of the Holy Rosary.

(10) Song: The Rosary

Ending Message:

Jesus speaks:How tenderly I love you, My beloved ones. I am Jesus. I have called you this
day for this special meeting. I have called you, My apostles. Will you go into
the darkness? Will you spread the message of My love? Will you carry the
rosary into the world? Will you touch the hearts of those that are hurting and
in pain? Will you be My apostles of love? I am calling you to love God and to
love one another, to be one in your hearts, to put aside all hatred and
bitterness within your heart, to not give into the tauntings of Satan to
divide you, to always operate in love, to focus on God. Let your hearts be
filled with love.

Glory be...

"My dear friends, let us love
each other, since love is from God and everyone who loves is a child of God
and knows God. Whoever fails to love does not know God, because God is
love." (1 John 4: 7-8)4

4. Scripture quotations are taken from
The New Jerusalem
Bible, Catholic Edition, Doubleday and Co.

"My beloved priest-companion, I intend
to use the priestly newsletter, Shepherds of Christ,
and the movement, Shepherds of Christ Associates,
in a powerful way for the renewal of My Church and the
world.

"I will use the newsletter and the
chapters of Shepherds of Christ Associates as a
powerful instrument for spreading devotion to My Heart
and My Mother's Heart.

"I am calling many to become members of
Shepherds of Christ Associates. To all of them I
will give great blessings. I will use them as
instruments to help bring about the triumph of the
Immaculate Heart and the reign of My Sacred Heart. I
will give great graces to the members of Shepherds of
Christ Associates. I will call them to be deeply
united to My Heart and to Mary's Heart as I lead them
ever closer to My Father in the Holy Spirit."

- Message from Jesus
to Father Edward J. Carter, S.J., Founder, as given on
July 31, 1994,feast of Saint Ignatius Loyola,
Founder of the Society of Jesus (The Jesuits)